Spam.org

Organizations and Information:

Forward Spam to the FTC - If you would like to forward unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) to the Commission, please send it directly to UCE@FTC.GOV Also see: Report Spam

Reporting E-mail Abuse - What to report, how to report, where to report

Spam.abuse.net - Lots of info, one of the best anti-spam sites on the net.

CAUCE - Coalition Against Unwanted Commercial E-mail

As threats from organised Internet criminals grow, new research from Get Safe Online www.getsafeonline.org has found that over three quarters of the UK’s population (83%) don’t know enough about protecting themselves online. In fact 42% of the population just rely on friends and family for online safety advice rather than finding expert information for themselves.

Spam Map - http://www.mailinator.com/mailinator/map.html - Mailinator Spam Map Mailinator(tm) is a service that gives you free, disposable email anytime, anywhere. No need to ever sign up. Send first - come to the site later. Mailboxes are created when email arrives for them (see the FAQ for more information). Mailinator is about saving you from spam. But in the process it ends up getting plenty of its own (averaging over a million emails a day!). This map shows (in semi-realtime) ip addresses that are currently sending the most spam to Mailinator.

EmailDiscussions.com - This bulletin board format is a discussion about e-mail, spam, virus's...

SpamCop - SpamCop's original spam reporting service will help you report spam quickly and accurately. Or choose from a variety of filtering options ranging from the easiest web-mail account to advanced network-wide spam blocking.

Spambot Beware - Welcome to the "Spambot Beware" site. Here you will find information on how to avoid, detect, and harass spambots. Spambots are programs that extract email addresses from web pages, which are then used as targets for spam.

Junkbusters - junk e-mail page

DMOS Open Directory - Top: Computers: Internet: Abuse: Spam

SpamResource.com - one of the most important things to me has been helping people and organizations stop receiving, and stop sending, unwanted email.

Junk Email Resource Page - Includes a government e-mail adress to forward spam to.

Death to Spam - an objective overview of unsolicited e-mail and the techniques available to defend your IN box. Learn about tracing mail, message filters, legal issues and more.

Spam Laws

Spam Recycling Center - Forward your Spam to the appropriate federal authorities.

SpamCon Foundation - The SpamCon Foundation Law Center contains: Information about cases (including some court documents) Texts of relevant laws Legislative news Commentary and discussion

SPEWS.org - SPEWS is a list of areas on the Internet that several system administrators, ISP postmasters, and other service providers have assembled and use to deny email and in some cases, all network traffic from.

Spamhaus.org - This database tracks known Spam Gangs, Spam Support Services, and lists providers who keep organized spamming alive by hosting stealth spamming services on their networks.

www.bestprac.org/ - Best Practice in Email Spam Prevention and Eradication. To develop industry-based ethical and technological standards, on a plain higher than mere legal standards, primarily for the prevention of spam

ORDB.org - the Open Relay DataBase - ORDB.org is a non-profit organisation which stores a list of machines which are open SMTP relays. These relays are, or are likely to be, used as conduits for sending unsolicited bulk email. They accept donations towards their important work.

PeaceFire.org - is doing work both on Spam, and freedom of speech on the Internet. Also see their info about the economics of suing spammers

Spamsites.org - has helped shut down 4744 (and counting) spammer sites.

MSExchange.org - has info about spam. It contains enterprise antispam comparison charts, white papers, news, articles, and software listings.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - has a section called Anti-Spam Resources: Halting the Junk E-Mail Juggernaut. There are many fine web sites which contain tips on ways to reduce unwanted e-mail solicitations, also known as "spam" and "junk e-mail." Rather than reinvent the wheel, they list several such sites. These, in turn, will lead to many more such sites.

Businesses and Services:

Spamex.com - Every time you disclose your Real Email Address, you lose all control over how it is used. With Spamex Disposable Email Addresses you can safely provide a working email address to anyone and not have to worry about whether they will send you unwanted email or sell your email address to others. Could anyone who uses this please let me know what they think?

MailCircuit - Spam free e-mail account services.

SpamCop.net - SpamCop's original spam reporting service will help you report spam quickly and accurately.
The have implemented an experimental blocking list. See info here.

BrightMail.com - is for the enterprise with a mail server. Brightmail's Probe Network, with its statistical reach of over 100 million mailboxes, collects the latest spam from across the Internet. The Probe Network includes an extensive array of strategically placed, dedicated email accounts. These email probes, disguised as regular email addresses, allow Brightmail to catch and analyze spam and virus attacks in their early stages.